"Talabani apologizes to Turkey for Barzani threats
By Agence France Presse (AFP)
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
ANKARA: Iraq's president has apologized to Turkey for recent Iraqi Kurdish threats to fan separatist unrest in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast, the Turkish prime minister's office said on Tuesday. President Jalal Talabani of Iraq telephoned Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan late on Monday to express 'regret over the latest statements by Massoud Barzani,' Erdogan's spokesman, Mehmet Akif Beki, said. He added that 'Talabani underlined that they place great importance on ties with Turkey.'"
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